My wife and I boarded the Gem to celebrate our 41anniversery,her retirement and my second year of remission from cancer.

It was a rocky day or two on the gem due to a virus on board from the last cruise. The wait staff was overworked and doing the best the could. They had to add staff from the ding room. As a result of no passenger self service at the buffet. The staff added to the buffet was drawn to the buffet to serve the food. That left the two main restaurants to be understaff, they really did the best they could.

My wife and I accepted this and had a great time. we did not leave the ship. We both joined the spa so we would not a Read more